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March 19, 2026
Florida hospital sues to evict patient who won’t leave room five months after discharge
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The patient in Room 373 refuses to leave. Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare earlier this month sued the patient, saying she has refused to depart her hospital room since being…
March 19, 2026
SSP Damion S. Manderson | Today’s solution, tomorrow’s problem…If we do nothing
A few years ago I had a lecturer whose profound words resonate with me to this day: “many of today’s solutions will prove to be tomorrow’s problems”. Jamaica continues to grapple with the painful…
March 19, 2026
Leroy Fearon | More care, less cost: NHF expands coverage for Jamaicans
In a significant and people-centred advancement in public healthcare, the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF), has…
March 19, 2026
Met Service projects below normal rainfall for early wet season
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) is projecting that the early months of the upcoming wet season (April and May) will produce below normal rainfall across the island. This was…
March 19, 2026
US to demand bonds of up to $15,000 for visa applications from 12 more countries, including Grenada
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is adding 12 countries to an expanding list of nations whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for US visas. Effective April 2,…
March 19, 2026
by Livingston Scott
‘We are still fighting’
Waterhouse Football Club rebounded from their devastating 4-0 defeat to league leaders Montego Bay United on Sunday with a 4-0 win over Molynes United in the Jamaica Premier League yesterday at the…
March 19, 2026
by Robert Bailey
‘WE JUST HAVE TO’
Mount Pleasant Academy head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore said it is now or never for his team when they prepare to face LA Galaxy in the second leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup round-of-16…
March 19, 2026
by Andre Williams
Crime scene investigator wrote statement six years after crime, after start of trial
A forensic crime scene investigator (FCSI), called by the Crown as a witness in the ongoing Clansman Gang trial, yesterday gave brief testimony linking his role to the escorting of evidence in the…
March 19, 2026
by Ainsley Walters
Salute The Don, Taylor Made the favourites for Saturday’s features
SALUTE THE DON and TAYLOR MADE are contrasting Aveenu Malcainu-sired choices for Saturday’s Sir Howard and Hotline Stakes, six-furlong sprints for colts and fillies, respectively, Guineas hopefuls…